BOSTON — As editor and founder of FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver makes a living by predicting the outcomes of sporting events and political elections. But even his exhaustive statistical forecasting models could… Read More
BOSTON — Will umpires and referees be replaced by robots one day? Nate Silver says it’s possible. The well-known statistician and founder of FiveThirtyEight spoke at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics… Read More
Facebook has built an interactive map for users to track the number of likes for each of the candidates for US President and which area those likes come from. To… Read More
Reddit, known for its AMAs with famous folk, has taken the format one step further with video. Today, the series called Reddit Originals launched with astrophysicist/StarTalk host Neil deGrasse Tyson; FiveThirtyEight’s editor… Read More
It seems that the flying experience is increasingly spiraling into its own version of Dante’s nine layers of hell. If you travel often, you know what I mean. FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver… Read More
A little more than a month ago, the Seahawks’ playoff chances didn’t look all that great as a squad with six wins and four losses. Now, expert data geeks are saying… Read More
Nate Silver has two tips for young up-and-coming journalists: Work your ass off and learn how to code. Silver, the well-known statistician and founder of FiveThirtyEight, sat down with GeekWire… Read More
You may have heard of Nate Silver, a well-known statistician and editor of the FiveThirtyEight blog who correctly picked the winner from all 50 states in the 2012 presidential election. David Rothschild, though,… Read More
Here’s a way to get more Twitter followers: Exude confidence. That’s the finding from a study done by a pair of doctoral candidates in economics at Washington State University who analyzed more… Read More
If Nate Silver is as good at predicting the Super Bowl as he is with presidential elections, then Seahawks fans are going to like his latest picks. Silver, a statistician… Read More